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Erschmatt
Valaisvillage
Erschmatt
Total population
279
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Erschmatt is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Erschmatt merged into the municipality of Leuk.
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History
Erschmatt is first mentioned in 1328 as Huers. In 1357 it was mentioned as Hoers.
Geography
Before the merger, Erschmatt had a total area of . Of this area, 37.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 38.4% is unproductive land. The former municipality is located in the Leuk district, at an elevation of on the Leuker Sonnenbergen mountain. It consists of the village of Erschmatt and the, usually occupied year round, alpine herding settlement of Brentschen at an elevation of .
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 6105
- Population (Wikidata)
- 279
- Wikidata
- Q68667
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771